Conventional PA and lateral chest radiographs continue to be the initial examination of
choice to evaluate patients who are suspected of having a pulmonary parenchymal …

Small pulmonary nodules of soft tissue density are often found during computed tomography
for the staging of lung cancer, but CT cannot reliably distinguish benign from malignant …

The incidence of malignant disease ranges from 10 to 70% with an average of
40%[1][2][3][4]. As the progression of pulmonary malignancy is high, pulmonary lesions …

Assessment of patients with focal lung abnormalities presents one of the most challenging
problems in pulmonary diagnosis. Unfortunately, controversy persists concerning the …

CAVITIES IN THE LUNG or irregular inner and outer margins. Previous studies with plain
chest radiography showed that the measurement of the cavity wall thickness at its thickest …

Solitary pulmonary nodules are seen in about 1 to 2 per 1000 chest radiographs." The goal
of radiography of the solitary pulmonary nodule is to distinguish as many benign nodules as …

There are a wide range of conditions that can manifest with thin-walled cystic lung changes
including both primary lung neoplasms and metastatic disease. This chapter focuses on …

Evaluation of screening for lung cancer depends on accurate pathologic diagnosis of the
disease. The majority of CT-detected malignancies are peripheral adenocarcinomas; …

Lung cancer is one of the most important avoidable causes of death in the developed and
developing world. Early in the disease, the relative lack of symptoms frequently results in …

A correlative study of CT, X-ray and pathology was done on 41 cases with pulmonary
solitary nodule, including peripheral lung cancer 30 cases, benign lesion 10 and metastatic …